Likelihood to Recommend AvidXchange is well suited for companies with multiple locations where approvals may be hard to get directly. A user can log on when they have time basically from anywhere to review, code and approve invoices. This would allow for processing of invoices centrally more efficiently then with appear invoices being moved from one place to another to be processed
Read full review Workday is well suited for managing employees throughout their full life cycle. It excels at housing employee data from the start of their time with the company through their departure. Workday is less suited to payroll functions, which could be more robust.
Read full review Pros Our contractors and vendors can submit invoices electronically through AvidBill, removing the tedious task of sorting and coding mail. This feature saves on time and administrative duties. Communication is key, and being able to log a comment or question in AvidInvoice allows for clarification and expedited approval process. Having multiple properties, having the Property Code and % Allocation features allow us to ensure the correct entity is charged it's portion of expenses. For example, we may have a service that is coded to all 32 properties. With AvidInvoice we are able to allocate each entity's pro rata share of the invoice. Read full review The flexibility of going beyond handling the accounts, where we can handle cash, assets, and accounting simultaneously for the customer. The single platform offers grants management where you can organize the lifecycle of the grants and synchronize it with any criteria of grant closing out scheme. I personally liked Project billing with the essence of evaluating project revenue and nice reporting templates that can be shared with the customer at any stage of the project while having the flexibility of auditing the reported cost. Read full review Cons AvidPay needs some improvement to minimize the amount of time it takes to issue payment for invoices The search features within AvidXchange on the advanced search screen sometimes do not function correctly (sorting by ascending / descending order doesn't work all of the time). The log enhancement follow-up procedure could use some work. Read full review Some of the Workday updates last till like 10 in the morning which prevents employees to clock in and check their times and some cases their schedules Workday can work on opening documents quicker instead of taking couple of minutes or notifying the user when they are ready to download Read full review Likelihood to Renew At the moment we have a contract for another year, we are hoping there is improvement with the company to decide if we stay with them or change.
Read full review Usability Except the one difficult/cumbersome point I made, it is a strong, solid, easy-to-use system.
Read full review Workday is easy enough navigate, as long as it is properly set up. With that said, it can be put together in a modular fashion as well, allowing for a very high degree of flexibility in terms of design and process delegation. Finally, it makes consolidation achievable in times previously unthinkable.
Read full review Support Rating Except for occasional escalations needed to Level 2 support, they are efficient and quick with nearly all requests.
Read full review Our support team has been awesome. They are extremely knowledgeable and have been able to guide us through all of the challenges we have faced. Workday's community online is also extremely helpful with many trainings and help topics that can be reviewed at your convenience.
Read full review Alternatives Considered We are presently evaluating a move to
Concur Invoice , not because of any real lack of functionality from AvidXchange, but simply because we have other business functions already on
Concur Invoice . From what we have seen so far, the functionality is similar, though I believe
Concur Invoice is more expensive.
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Airtable also being easier to use one thing that differentiates and put forth Workday Financial Management tool above is it's key features and better suited functionality for handling confidential data. The other positive note where Workday Financial Management performs high is it key analytics tool that's easier to use and representation of information into insightful dashboards.
Read full review Return on Investment AvidXchange allows our office to be more productive on invoice approvals. Overall, AvidXchange is saving us money. We do not have to courier invoices back and forth once signatures have been provided. You can approve invoices from anywhere as long as you have internet access. Read full review We were able to combine 4 different HR modules into one system. We reduced data breach incidents by 95% after shifting to Workday. One of our legacy softwares had vulnerabilities. The initial learning curve was higher than projected. We spent about a week to 10 days extra time deploying it, which affected the profit center that year. Read full review ScreenShots